This is the third and final part of our article that is taken from the story of a former Cinco Ranch football player that is facing sexual assault charges of an elementary school child. We have been examining in Part 1 how such behavior as the one in our story can be done by anyone including "a nice-looking young man” that “does not appear to be threatening,” as stated by the police chief in our story.
In Part 2 of our article we have seen how such behavior begins with going against God’s design for sexual intimacy. God’s design for sexual intimacy is for the marriage union only and marriage is to be in a place of high honor (KJV Heb. 13:4).
We keep marriage honorable by respecting that sexual intimacy is for a husband with his wife in the marriage union only. Although, our society may promote lifestyles of casual sex, multiple sex partners and cohabitation with one another before marriage, God’s marriage design has not changed for today. The same design that God set in place in the first marriage between Adam and Eve is still for our present age as well.
Going against God’s design will ultimately create instability in the institution of marriage and family. It should not be surprising that we have so many dysfunctional marriages and families in our present generation.
Developing a tendency for sexual self-gratification will cascade into various problems in an individual. When the foundation of one’s values is fulfilling their sexual urges, then obtaining that sensation will therefore dictate their decisions. Of course, when the sexual sensation ceases to exist, such an individual may seek a comparable stimulation in chemical dependency. Seeking satisfaction in sensation only creates frustration in an individual because it never brings that perpetual satisfaction that they are seeking. As a result, their quest to fulfill that sensual satisfaction continues in alcohol, drugs, and even the ultimate form of escapism, seen in depression and then suicide.
The word ‘greediness’ in verse 19 has a reference to an insatiable lust or an intense and frantic search for happiness. The basis for true happiness is a mindset of virtue, never on sensation; otherwise the quest for that happiness will never end.
The inner misery that triggers this overt stimulation can manifest itself in several forms. Not only is this manifestation seen in the form of adultery and fornication, but also in ‘uncleanness’ and ‘lasciviousness’ (KJV Gal. 5:19).
As we have seen in Part 1 of our article, the word Uncleanness in this verse is a reference to moral uncleanness and the word lasciviousness is referring to perversion in general. Therefore, other forms of manifestations of sexual arrogance would include such sins of degeneracy as homosexuality, bestiality and necrophilia. In addition, there are sexual sins of criminality that would include rape, incest, pederasty, prostitution and pandering. All of these sins are a perversion of God’s design for sexual intimacy.
In conclusion, we have now had a sobering glimpse of the detrimental results of living against God’s design when it comes to sexual intimacy.
God’s design is that sexual intimacy in marriage unites the bodies of the husband and the wife, however only personal love on the basis of integrity can unite their souls in true love. There is never true love in marriage unless there is a coalescing of the souls first. Therefore, we can live by virtue and in time it will get better. Yet, we can choose the alternative, to live by sensation and, as we have seen in our study, this is a guarantee that it will get worse.
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